Huanglu is a Chinese village where women cut their hair only once in their lives (5 photos)

In our world you can find a lot of really amazing of things. One of them is the highland village of Huanglu, women who cut their hair only once in their lives. Actually, exactly this fact made this settlement unique, attracting it to the Asian "Rapunzel" thousands of tourists.





So, for local women, hair is the highest value, because they symbolize beauty, longevity and strength. Here they are refuse to cut. What is there, before the 1980s, women's hair is here it was impossible to even touch: the violator could be enslaved!



Of course, ladies do not want to cut off their wealth, therefore They cut their hair only once in their lives - at the age of 18. But this hair are not thrown out. Lush hairpieces are created from them, which the girls then wear on your head until old age. However, it is generally not accepted throw out hair: even fallen hairs are collected by girls in order to weave a braid out of them. So, the hair of an ordinary woman here looks like cathedral hodgepodge from a chignon, braids with fallen hair and their own own curls.





And here one could imagine in what a deplorable state there are hairs of local beauties, but ... they are beautiful. Hair local residents until old age remain very soft, shiny and smooth. But why?

First, Asian hair is generally coarser and denser, therefore, it lends itself worse to cross-section. Secondly, the women of Huanglu do not use shampoos. They wash their hair with slightly fermented water from under rice. As a result, the hair looks magical.



Why all this? Yes, only to the fact that each of us has his own ideas about beauty, their values and guidelines. And they must be respected.